זוהר, קדושים ז׳Zohar, Kedoshim 7

Segment 1א׳

וּבָךְ אִתְקַיָּים פִּקּוּדָא, דְּאִיהִי מִצְּוָה עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל, לְהַעֲמִיד עֲלֵיהֶם מֶלֶךְ. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (דברים י״ז:ט״ו) שׂוֹם תָּשִׂים עָלֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ. וְאִתְקַיָּים בָּךְ (דברים ל״ג:ה׳) וַיְהִי בִישׁוּרוּן מֶלֶךְ, כַּד בְּקַדְמִיתָא. וְכֻלְּהוּ מִתְנַהֲגִין אֲבַתְרָךְ, כָּאֵבָרִין דְּמִתְנַהֲגִין כֻּלְּהוּ בִּתְנוּעָה דְּנִשְׁמְתָא, דְּאִתְפַּשְּׁטָא עַל כָּל אֵבֶר. בְּגִין דְּכֶתֶר עֶלְיוֹן אַנְתְּ תְּהֵא מְעוּטָר בֵּיהּ, דְּבֵיהּ עִלַּת הָעִלּוֹת אִיהוּ כֶּתֶר עַל כֹּלָּא, טָמִיר וְגָנִיז מִלְּגָיו מִנֵּיהּ. וּמִנֵּיהּ אִתְפְּשָׁט עַל כָּל סְפִירָן, וּמְסַדֵּר לוֹן לְמֶהֱוִי דָּא רַב, וְדָא זְעֵיר, וְדָא בֵּינוֹנִי, וְאַנְהִיג לוֹן לִרְעוּתֵיהּ, וְנָהִיר בְּהוּ, וּמְקַשֵׁר לוֹן, וּמְיַחֵד לוֹן.

And in you was fulfilled the precept which is a commandment upon Israel, to set a king over them. This is what is written, “You shall surely set a king over you” (Deut. 17, 15). And there was fulfilled in you, “And there was a king in Jeshurun” (Deut. 33, 5), as at the first. And they are all led after you, like the limbs that are all led by the movement of the soul, which spreads through every limb. For you shall be crowned with the supernal keter, in which the Cause of causes is a crown over all, hidden and concealed within it. And from it He spreads over all the sefirot, and sets them in order, that this one should be great, and this one small, and this one middling; and He guides them to His will, and shines in them, and binds them, and unites them.

Segment 2ב׳

הָכִי אַנְתְּ תְּהֵא מַנְהִיג לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּכָל מִדּוֹת טָבִין דִּילֵיהּ, וּתְסַדֵּר כָּל חַד כִּדְחֲזֵי לֵיהּ, הַבְּכוֹר כִּבְכוֹרָתוֹ, וְהַצָּעִיר כִּצְּעִירֻתוֹ, וּבֵינוֹנִי כְּפוּם דַּרְגֵּיהּ. וּתְקַשֵׁר לוֹן קֶשֶׁר אֶחָד לְגַבֵּי אֲבוּהוֹן דְּבִשְׁמַיָּא. לְמֶהֱוִי כֻּלְּהוּ בְּשָׂפָה בְּרוּרָה, לְבָרְכָא לְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. וּלְקַדְּשֵׁיהּ, וּלְיַיחֲדֵיהּ, בְּדַרְגָּא דִּילָךְ, בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה דִּילָךְ, בַּאֲצִּילוּת דִּילָךְ, דְּאִתְקָיָּים בָּךְ (במדבר י״א:י״ז) וְאָצַּלְתִּי מִן הָרוּחַ אֲשֶׁר עָלֶיךָ וְשַׂמְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם. קוּם אִתְּעַר בְּפִקּוּדָא, לְהַכְרִית זַרְעוֹ שֶׁל עֲמָלֵק. (פרשת תצא רפ"א ע"ב שייך לנשא קמ"ה ע"א)

So shall you lead Israel, in all His good attributes; and you shall set each one in order as befits him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the younger according to his youth, and the middling according to his grade. And you shall bind them in one bond towards their Father in heaven, that they may all be of a pure language, to bless the Holy One, blessed be He, and to sanctify Him and unite Him, in your grade, in your thought, in your emanation; for there was fulfilled in you, “And I will take of the spirit which is upon you, and will put it upon them” (Num. 11, 17). Rise, rouse yourself in the precept to cut off the seed of Amalek. (Ki Teitzei, folio 281b, belongs to Naso, folio 145a.)

Segment 3ג׳

(ויקרא י״ט:ג׳) אִישׁ אִמּוֹ וְאָבִיו תִּירָאוּ וְגוֹ' פִּקּוּדָא דָא, לְכַבֵּד אָב וְאֵם, דְּאִצְּטְרִיךְ בַּר נָשׁ לְמִדְחַל מֵאָבוֹי וּמֵאִמֵיהּ, וּלְאוֹקִיר לוֹן. כְּמָה דְּאִצְּטְרִיךְ בַּר נָשׁ לְאוֹקִיר לֵיהּ לְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. מִסִּטְרָא דְּרוּחָא דְּיָהַב בְּגַוִיהּ. וּלְמִדְחַל מִנֵּיהּ. הָכִי אִצְּטְרִיךְ לֵיהּ לְאוֹקִיר לַאֲבוֹי וּלְאִמֵּיהּ, מִסִּטְרָא דְּגוּפָא דִּילֵיהּ, וּלְמִדְחַל מִנְּהוֹן, דְּהָא אִינּוּן מִשְׁתַּתְּפִין בְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וְעַבְדֵּי לֵיהּ גּוּפָא, וְהוֹאִיל וְאִינּוּן שׁוּתָּפִין בְּעוֹבָדָא, לִיהֱווּ שׁוּתָּפִין בִּדְחִילוּ וִיקָרָא.

“Every man shall fear his mother and his father,” and so forth (Lev. 19, 3). This precept is to honour father and mother: that a man must fear his father and his mother, and honour them. Just as a man must honour the Holy One, blessed be He, from the side of the spirit which He has placed within him, and must fear Him, so must he honour his father and his mother from the side of his own body, and fear them; for they are partners with the Holy One, blessed be He, and they make his body. And since they are partners in the deed, let them be partners in fear and in honour.